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The two films "The Undertaker" and "Only Love" were screened in the competition section and became popular, which made Li Shi's heart feel a little looser.

According to the past rules of the film festival, basically if the audience score can exceed 9, it is stable to enter the judging process.

Although the film festival adopts a small jury system, at least the selection of competition units must fully consider the "audience perception", and it still respects the opinions of the audience on the surface.

Although I still feel that the chance of winning the award is not high, but for the Chinese film industry, which has not made achievements in the three major European festivals for a long time, it can stand out from the competition and enter the award competition as a feature film. It is a defeat to accompany the run, and the influence is already enough.

To put it bluntly, for Li Shixin, this trip to the film festival has already won the basic set so far.

At least after returning to China, some people with ulterior motives will not say "domestic beauty, international soy sauce".

With such a relaxed mood, Li Shixin and Xu Xiao contacted representatives of several film studios in the next two days.

Large-scale bargaining took place around the international distribution of "Only Love" and "The Undertaker" and "Ling".

Finally, on the seventh day of the film festival, the operation and distribution team reached a deal with Pamaro Film and Television in Germany and MK2, an established French film and television distribution company.

According to the transaction agreement, the two film and television companies purchased the distribution rights of "Only Love" and "Undertaker" in all international film markets except China at the basic price of US$65 million and US$8,100 respectively. And if the two films win secondary awards including the Silver Bear Award, the buyer will pay 30% of the current purchase price. And if it wins the first-level Golden Bear Award including Best Director, Actor, Actor, Script, or Best Feature Film, the purchaser will pay an additional 80% of the agreed price.

As for "Ling".

The quotations given by the two filmmakers were US$100,000 and US$120,000 respectively.

Each of these international filmmakers is very realistic.

For movies that really cater to the tastes of the European and American markets, they can offer very high prices. However, for films that are not very interesting to the audience and are unlikely to be sold in the two major film markets of North America or Europe, no matter how famous the director is, they can be paid for a hundred and eighty thousand.

According to what Xu Xiao said, the situation in "Ling" is not bad.

Previously, some films that were not favored by mainstream audiences in Europe and the United States, and the overseas full-copyright price of the films of the big cast in Asia may cost as much as US$10,000.

To be honest, this price is not enough for a ticket to the film festival.

Li Shixin thought it was cold, so when faced with such an offer, he simply chose not to talk about it.

Keep the copyright in your own hands, go to a secondary film festival like Tokyo or Busan tomorrow, and get an award before discussing distribution rights, isn't it good?

With the finalization of the overseas distribution rights of the two films, Li Shixin took over the city at the film festival, and the two films became dark horses in the competition. The news of the copyright sale finally spread back to China along with the domestic media at the film festival.

The participation of domestic filmmakers in international film festivals has always been news that can attract domestic movie fans.

Especially Li Shixin, a director and actor who has been quite a topic in the past two years, is expected to hit the Golden Bear this time, and shine in the overseas film sales market that has not been very friendly to Chinese films, and has won nearly 150 million Dollar Harvest.

A flood of related reports immediately appeared on the entertainment pages of major domestic media.

Weibo.

In the comment area of ​​Li Shixin's Weibo.

"Damn it! Xinye is featured on the film channel's special report on the Berlin Film Festival!"

"Mighty, my lord! I read the report of Entertainment Star Electronics Weekly, saying that the two films "The Undertaker" and "Only Love" became popular at the film festival! The copyright was sold for more than 100 million U.S. dollars, six batches!"

"I saw the special feature on the movie channel, the old man is amazing! He scored two 9.0 scores in the competition section of the Berlin Festival, and he is definitely shortlisted for the judging section. He hopes to hit the Golden Bear Award and win glory for Chinese movies!"

"Fuck! I was originally angry because of the third part of the three-body problem, but when I saw Lord Xin pretending to be so aggressive abroad, I couldn't get up in an instant! The cow criticized my master, work harder, praise The two golden bears are back!"

"Damn, lean, lean! It has been more than ten years since the last time a Chinese director and actor was shortlisted for the Golden Bear! The closest domestic filmmakers were to the Golden Bear was in 2007! Come on old man ! Win glory for the country!"

In the comment area, the netizens who learned about Li Shixin's activities at the Berlin Festival through various channels were excited!

It's no wonder that the netizens had a mental orgasm on the spot.

In previous international film festivals, Chinese directors and actors have always been rare species.

Even today, when the economy and military are increasingly catching up with established developed countries, China's cultural output has always been in an embarrassing position.

To be able to see domestic filmmakers shine at the Berlin Festival, where European and American filmmakers hold the absolute right to speak, is undoubtedly an exciting thing for movie fans and people who eat melons!

However.

Just when netizens poured into Li Shixin's Weibo, cheering for Li Shixin with excitement and anticipation.

A video released on the Youtube platform is provoking the nerves of all Chinese Youtube users!

It was a news video released by Yingguo Sensai Film and Television. The protagonist of the video is Li Shixin, who has attracted wide attention because the two shortlisted films have become the dark horses of the film festival!

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The video, which was uploaded just over an hour ago, has already received more than 70,000 views and more than 5,000 comment barrages.

In the video, the video of Li Shixin's interview and the commentary of the reporter of Sensai Film and Television News Network are played.

"At the Berlin Film Festival, we had the honor to interview Mr. Li Shixin, a well-known Chinese director."

"Mr. Li is 68 years old this year. In his long artistic career, this is the first time for him to participate in an international film event in his personal capacity."

“He seemed a little shy and flustered in the face of our records and the cameras. It wasn’t until we told him that our interview video would only be available on international platforms that his nerves eased and he told us A part of his past that he has not spoken to the public media for decades."

"If he hadn't confide his heart this time, I wouldn't have known that this talented old man had such a tortuous life experience."

"At the age of 20, Li was involved in that tragic and inhuman catastrophe. Because of the persecution, he had to remain anonymous for decades and bid farewell to his beloved art career."

"It wasn't until 3 years ago that Li, who felt that his time was running out on the hospital bed, re-entered his own art path, risking being targeted by the authorities, and compiled his tragic experiences for so many years into two works. Relatively In this year's film festival, "Only Love" and "The Undertaker", his sci-fi literary work "Three-Body Problem" and drama work "Farewell My Concubine", which failed to be put on the screen due to political reasons, perhaps It can better explain the turbulent experience of this talented old man in the first half of his life."

"Selling the country and seeking glory!" "Shame on the country thief!"

"It is abhorrent and shameful to smear the motherland in such a way for personal gain!"

With the introduction of the voice-over of the video, and the image of Li Shixin talking in the interview, the Chinese netizens who watched the news were blown up!

PS: In the last chapter, it was said that the foreshadowing vortex is rushing to finish the book. What misunderstandings may you have? It's not about finishing the book at once, it's just about paving the way for the biggest contradiction and constructing a climax that can be used at the end of the book. And this climax, in my opinion, is the success of cultural export. For a good artist, how many fans he has in the country and how much box office he has is actually secondary. A superstar, a real superstar, must be like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, able to go abroad to represent the Chinese and represent the motherland. Create the conditions for us to be understood internationally, and grasp the right to speak on the cultural front! Our next topic is this. It won't be finished soon, because I still have a lot of plots to write. The next plot may be to bombard foreign netizens and foreign audiences. However, this does not mean that Xinye's lifeline will be transferred abroad, or in China, but the breadth of the platform will change from domestic to global. That's it, the fourth watch is delivered and asks for a monthly ticket!